{"code":"HSC","codeName":"Health and Safety Code","section":"116125","citation":"Health & Saf. Code, § 116125","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 104. ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH [106500. - 119406.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-104"},{"name":"PART 11. VECTORS [116100. - 116250.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-104/part-11"},{"name":"CHAPTER 2. Powers and Duties [116110. - 116225.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-104/part-11/chapter-2"},{"name":"ARTICLE 3. Rodent Abatement [116125. - 116170.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-104/part-11/chapter-2/article-3"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 81, Sec. 2.   (SB 1167)   Effective January 1, 2015.","effective":"2015-01-01","html":"<p>Every person possessing a place that is infested with rodents, as soon as their presence comes to his or her knowledge, shall at once proceed and continue in good faith to endeavor to exterminate and destroy the rodents, by poisoning, trapping, and other appropriate means, and to abate the conditions listed in Section <a href=\"/hsc/17920.3\">17920.3</a> that are causing the infestation.</p>","text":"Every person possessing a place that is infested with rodents, as soon as their presence comes to his or her knowledge, shall at once proceed and continue in good faith to endeavor to exterminate and destroy the rodents, by poisoning, trapping, and other appropriate means, and to abate the conditions listed in Section 17920.3 that are causing the infestation.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/rodent-abatement-116125","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}